Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] have [vb pp] so [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And who would be there for her at Casa Pinar where she had loved so desperately and lost so painfully ? |
| 2 | In the secrecy of that room , where she had lain so often in David 's loving arms , her eyes now betrayed all . |
| 3 | As their only match preparation for the Test , it was patently inadequate but it did alert them to the vast difference between the cricketing conditions and environment in the Caribbean and those in Australia and New Zealand where they had performed so impressively in gaining the semi-finals of the World Cup . |
| 4 | He had serious talks with Italian factory Aprilia about a return to the 250 GP class where he had ridden so spectacularly for three seasons . |
| 5 | First , it drives Stavrogin even closer to Svidrigailov than I have suggested so far . |
| 6 | This is an attempt to bring a greater level of uniformity than we have achieved so far , but we are bound by agreements made at the time of amalgamation and we can not undermine or contradict those particular decisions , and that 's why in a few cases , particularly in relation to the size of conference , there is some slight imbalance . |
| 7 | Although they had quarrelled so bitterly Mrs Gotobed had still loved Mr Evans , deep down in her heart , and the message she had asked Carrie to give him would show him this plain , . |
| 8 | ‘ I think they need to make a much stronger factual case than they have made so far , ’ Professor Schachter said . |
| 9 | If those opposing the imposition of formal European Directives and Regulations are to win their case , they may have to show much greater enthusiasm for the emergence of voluntary European collective bargaining than they have shown so far . |
| 10 | Hunt meant that no matter how well he now did , Niki had to do considerably less well than he had done so far if he , James , was going to have any chance to catch him . |
| 11 | Erm , I , I , I did n't say the question lightly it 's just that I think it needs watching , and I wondered how it was , because I 've heard so often in the past , that people have so many lines of enquiries , but the money goes , and you know , it 's all marvellous , and I 'm not suggesting |
| 12 | the end of the last straw you see , so I went in the Co-Op and I felt really , really fed up , I said I oh I said I could cry I said because I 've tried so hard I said not for lending you money I said , I 'm not meant to have any sodding luck so got a couple of bits and I really could n't get me act together and on the Tuesday dad 's gone in hospital with that fit , so I was thinking of him a lot and I thought I do n't know dad , you know I 'm sure , I 'm sure that he were n't gon na come out when he went in there , I thought they were gon na bloody find something with you boy and that would be it , so I come home here and I ai n't done no work , so I started off for work , both sitting here bloody bawling cos this house looked like shit , spoke to me sister on the phone and er I felt a bit better so I thought oh I 'd start doing the tree , so I pulled it all to bits in here , got the polish and duster out , put all the bread and everything for Alan 's sandwiches , it 'd be about oh , about half past twelve and the bloody phone went it was mum , she said Lyn do you think you can come up to the hospital with me , cos I 've got no transport and so I said what 's up then mum ? |
| 13 | Looking to her for comfort was like looking through a drawer for something which you knew was not there because you had looked so often before : you knew what was there — in painful and tedious detail — but there was nothing that you wanted . |
| 14 | ‘ Because you have come so far , Hugh , tomorrow I will take you to see the Painted Men , the little people , the fairies , goblins , Picts , or whatever you wish to call them . ’ |
| 15 | These doubts , hard to pin down , because reason easily disposed of them all , crystallised around the fact that Comrade Andrew too often smelled of drink ; she could not bring herself to criticise him for his partiality to the goose-girl , because she had learned so long ago and so thoroughly simply to switch off in this area . |
| 16 | ‘ You seem very well-informed , ’ said Mrs. Fanshawe , pleased because she had succeeded so well in pulling herself together . |
| 17 | Or simply because they had come so close to rescuing him ? |
| 18 | It is difficult to pinpoint frailties amongst the forwards at the moment , because they have played so well , but to accept that they are peaking now would be folly . |
| 19 | The pill was all the more bitter for Woosnam because he had begun so well . |
| 20 | With a smile , the champion jockey recalled : ‘ For a long time I was always going to choose Valfinet because he has done so well and Granville Again was running terribly . |
| 21 | With a smile , the champion jockey recalled : ‘ For a long time I was always going to choose Valfinet because he has done so well and Granville Again was running terribly . |
| 22 | ‘ Since you 've asked so nicely , Manderley , I am pleased to announce the imminent arrival of one Miss C Grayson . |
| 23 | You did n't disagree with Dad the other day , anyhow , when he remarked that since you 'd worked so hard for your qualifications it was a pity that there was n't a firm around here large enough for you to use them . |
| 24 | ‘ Since we 've come so far , ’ he said , ‘ we may as well have another chat with Mrs Hatton . ’ |
| 25 | In one of these early lessons he was very lucky in his teacher ; Miss Public House took him home on one of his first nights — she who usually never could be bothered — and in one exhausting night Miss P taught him everything he knew about how to make love without getting hurt or hurting anybody ( remember that in those days we were still getting used to the idea and still elaborating our repertoires of what you could and could n't do , which was very hard for us , for me anyway , since we had spent so long trying to forget the very word could n't ) . |
| 26 | This may seem strange since he had worked so closely with Bushe-Fox , whose ideas and techniques were far in advance of his day . |
| 27 | The morale of the teachers is very low after everyone has tried so hard for the school . |
| 28 | ‘ The morale of the teachers is very low after everyone has tried so hard for the school . |
| 29 | ‘ We ca n't have you fading away to nothing , after you 've done so well for yourself these last few years . ’ |
| 30 | Is that the best you can do , after you 've waited so long ? " — and sometimes to this the voice would add irritatingly — " and after saying No to that darling actor ? " |